Prathia Hall: An Extraordinary, Ordinary Saint

by | Aug 28, 2014 | Opinion

I have been researching for the past six years the life and ministry of Prathia Hall (1940-2002), a civil rights activist, Baptist preacher and womanist scholar. Little did I know at the beginning of this journey that she would become a spiritual mother to me,...

Ebola Threatens More Than Lives in Liberia

by | Aug 28, 2014 | Opinion

Think back to April 19, 2013. An entire region in Boston was frozen in place as police combed the area for marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsamaev. Logan International Airport was open, but nothing else moved. The transit system, schools, businesses, airspace over...

Space available for Israel tour

by | Aug 27, 2014 | Opinion

By John Pierce Eight spaces are available to tour Israel, Nov. 6-17, with Tony Cartledge, an excellent Bible scholar and writer of the Nurturing Faith Bible Studies, and Doron Heiliger, one of Israel’s most experienced and sought-after guides. Historian Bruce Gourley...

5 Reasons to Write Books for Your Own Congregation

by | Aug 27, 2014 | Opinion

Even though we are in the midst of a Christian publishing boom, writers often overlook their most obvious audience: their own congregations. I hate to break this news to all of us aspiring writers, but most of us are not going to write the next “Purpose-Driven...

Which “Real World” Do You Really Want?

by | Aug 27, 2014 | Opinion

Count on the campaign season to provide us with plenty of fodder for reflection on our life together. Sometimes even little phrases and word choices can become windows for looking into our own houses, and for looking out those same windows to see the world outside in...